The Dwarf Spheroidal Companions to M31: Variable Stars in Andromeda I and Andromeda III

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2005-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0501083v1

Astron.J. 129 (2005) 2232

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

25 pages, including 14 figures and 9 tables, emulateapj v. 6/22/04 style. Accepted by the Astronomical Journal for approximate

Scientific paper

10.1086/428372

(Abridged) We present the results of variable star searches of the M31 dwarf spheroidal companions Andromeda I and Andromeda III using the Hubble Space Telescope. A total of 100 variable stars were found in Andromeda I, while 56 were found in Andromeda III. One variable found in Andromeda I and another in Andromeda III may be Population II Cepheids. In addition to this variable in Andromeda III, another four variables are anomalous Cepheids. We found 72 fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars and 26 first-overtone mode RR Lyrae stars in Andromdea I giving mean periods of 0.575 day and 0.388 day, respectively. One likely RR Lyrae was not classified. For Andromeda III, 39 RR Lyrae stars are pulsating in the fundamental mode with a mean period of 0.657 day and 12 are in the first-overtone mode with a mean period of 0.402 day. While Andromeda I has a mean period that is consistent with its metallicity, the mean period of the fundamental mode RR Lyrae in Andromeda III is larger than expected. In Andromeda I, we found two RR Lyrae stars which are noticeably fainter than the horizontal branch. We discuss the possibility that these stars are associated with the recently discovered stellar stream in the halo of M31. We find =25.14+/-0.04 mag for Andromeda I resulting in a distance of 765+/-25 kpc. For Andromeda III, =25.01+/-0.04 mag giving a distance of 740+/-20 kpc. The relation between specific frequency of anomalous Cepheids and mean metallicity of the galaxy in the M31 dwarf spheroidal galaxies follows the same relation as the Galactic dwarf spheroidal galaxies.

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